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The increased use of antigen testing for COVID-19 could come sooner rather than later, as the process has found a supporter in An Taoiseach Michéal Marti...

Several experts have questioned why Ireland is a notable outlier when it comes to using antigen tests to detect COVID-19. It follows after reports that the Ch...

At a Nphet briefing last week the chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan warned that people might buy sausages, charcoal for the barbecue and a box of antigen tests, to which Lidl Ireland responded: “Weekend Super Savers! Pick up a pound of sausages, charcoal for the BBQ and antigen tests for €31.” Prof Nolan said Ireland had prompt PCR testing so “it is hard to see the value added by self-administered antigen testing”. He added that Nphet “fundamentally disagreed...

Nolan responds to Harvard professor who told him he did not understand antigen tests